22 Mar. 1805

Evidence

Securities

Ch. Procedure Natural

''. Extensions for Distance

But while the claimant /[...?] of one/ has his abode in the dominion of one state, that of another may be in the dominion of a different state. In this case no arrangements taken in either state alone can be sufficient to ensure that correspondence and reciprocity of advantage without which the procedure might [...?] be reconcilable to the interests /exigencies/ of justice.

Yet even in this case, so it happened, that the defendant although resident at the home within the dominion of a foreign state were by /in/ any no matter by what means in an adequate degree subject to the powers or influence of the state in which the plaintiff has his residence (suppose by immovable possessions, by [...?] [...?] and [...?], or by the extention of personal visitation) in such case if with the cognizance of the judicial authority of his own country letters fraught with pertinent /suitable/ questions were by the care of some agent of the plaintiff on the spot put into the hands of the defendant suitable sources might then be extracted from him, sources containing testimony, self-serving or self-[...?] testimony, [...?] with or without extraneous evidence, information constituting a different ground for a decision in the cause.